Isaac
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- Oct 11, 2013
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- Whites MXT All Pro, Garrett AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
VIRGIN Colonial Site FOUND!
Well this was a day to remember... Wow! I went on vacation to Connecticut to visit my grandparents and family. I gained permission to a rev war era house with large farm fields surrounding it and invited my buddy Sam to come hunt it with me one day. I hunted this place once in April but didn't have much luck due to the snow and frozen ground. I did find one toasty Connecticut copper and a couple buttons, but that was pretty much it.
The first day I went back to regain my permission I dug a slick copper and a tombac button. I knew there had to be more there so I invited Sam to come the next day.
We went the next day and I changed my batteries in my MXT PRO and it wasn't working for an hour after that! I had to get completely new batteries! In that time, my buddy Sam found a Draped bust (toasted 1803), a 1836 matron head large cent, and a beautiful 1830s artillery button with tons of guilt left!
Then I finally fixed my detector and started swinging. I found a couple shoe buckle pieces and a button... We moved on to a different area of the field after a little while. We started hitting targets almost immediately. I gridded a small piece of the field to the right of the house and got a beautiful deep signal with the MXT. It wouldn't even hit on Sam's AT Pro. At about 7" I got a very nice conditioned 1887 Indian head penny. Not colonial like we're looking for but i was very happy with it.
I walked a few steps up and got another deep signal. I dug the hole and saw the brass in the hole I knew it was gonna be something really good. I took it out and to my amazement I realized I found a (almost) complete 1600s shoe buckle! Man this thing is TINY compared to the 1700s complete's I've dug. It's got everything except a little stud on the back which broke off, probably why the buckle fell off the shoe in the first place. You can clearly see the file marks on the back as well! Made in between 1660-1690
Sam wasn't getting much on this section so he went back to the section he found the copper at. He wasn't finding a lot there either but I got a +20-+30 on the MXT and dug a tiny silver coin clipping or a piece of trade silver used for currency! I walked around the very front of the field hoping for some straggler signals I've missed. I got a +8-+12 and pulled a pewter shoe buckle piece that says TR. it's from the 1690-1720 era
Me and Sam were about done after about 2 hours without a whole lot. We went and tried asking at some other older homes around and pretty much gave up when no one was home for 6 houses in a row and started to do little areas of the field farther away from the house. We went into a little patch of harvested crop and we saw pottery everywhere and black glass. I picked up a pipe stem right away and started swinging. We didn't think anything of it until Sam got a 80 signal that screamed copper coin! It was a 1752 KGII copper in great shape. I pulled a small tombac button off the surface and then got my own KGII... Finally got my copper for the day! We knew there was a site here. We picked up so many buttons just bunny hopping this little 20x40 foot area. Iron everywhere and in between it were little cuff buttons and tons of melted lead.
We just kept getting targets constantly. It was a freaking blast! Sam got a huge musket ball and we picked up several pipe stems and the nicer pieces of pottery. The sun was setting and we knew we didn't have a lot of time. I heard Sam call out "COPPER!!!!!" and showed me a CT... It was stunning!
I then walk right at the edge of the field and get a beautiful +79 on the MXT and dig another copper... That's 6 for the total of us. Sam got 4, a record day for him!!! It was one of the most gorgeous Draped Largies I've ever seen. This is the latest thing that came out from this site. Not ONE back marked button!!!
Sam also got a BEAUTIFUL and ULTRA RARE SILVER ca.1690 green Stuart crystal button this day (one of two that came from this site!!!)
Thanks for looking! We had a blast!!! HH!
Here's some other finds on different days from this site... I need an ID on the nipple pewter button age and the silver (gold plated) pendant age.
Barrel tap pieces
All my finds from the site (not including Sam's)
1776 KGIII counterfeit (MACHIN MILLS
)
9/64"+ pipe stem boar 1650s or earlier
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Well this was a day to remember... Wow! I went on vacation to Connecticut to visit my grandparents and family. I gained permission to a rev war era house with large farm fields surrounding it and invited my buddy Sam to come hunt it with me one day. I hunted this place once in April but didn't have much luck due to the snow and frozen ground. I did find one toasty Connecticut copper and a couple buttons, but that was pretty much it.
The first day I went back to regain my permission I dug a slick copper and a tombac button. I knew there had to be more there so I invited Sam to come the next day.
We went the next day and I changed my batteries in my MXT PRO and it wasn't working for an hour after that! I had to get completely new batteries! In that time, my buddy Sam found a Draped bust (toasted 1803), a 1836 matron head large cent, and a beautiful 1830s artillery button with tons of guilt left!
Then I finally fixed my detector and started swinging. I found a couple shoe buckle pieces and a button... We moved on to a different area of the field after a little while. We started hitting targets almost immediately. I gridded a small piece of the field to the right of the house and got a beautiful deep signal with the MXT. It wouldn't even hit on Sam's AT Pro. At about 7" I got a very nice conditioned 1887 Indian head penny. Not colonial like we're looking for but i was very happy with it.
I walked a few steps up and got another deep signal. I dug the hole and saw the brass in the hole I knew it was gonna be something really good. I took it out and to my amazement I realized I found a (almost) complete 1600s shoe buckle! Man this thing is TINY compared to the 1700s complete's I've dug. It's got everything except a little stud on the back which broke off, probably why the buckle fell off the shoe in the first place. You can clearly see the file marks on the back as well! Made in between 1660-1690
Sam wasn't getting much on this section so he went back to the section he found the copper at. He wasn't finding a lot there either but I got a +20-+30 on the MXT and dug a tiny silver coin clipping or a piece of trade silver used for currency! I walked around the very front of the field hoping for some straggler signals I've missed. I got a +8-+12 and pulled a pewter shoe buckle piece that says TR. it's from the 1690-1720 era
Me and Sam were about done after about 2 hours without a whole lot. We went and tried asking at some other older homes around and pretty much gave up when no one was home for 6 houses in a row and started to do little areas of the field farther away from the house. We went into a little patch of harvested crop and we saw pottery everywhere and black glass. I picked up a pipe stem right away and started swinging. We didn't think anything of it until Sam got a 80 signal that screamed copper coin! It was a 1752 KGII copper in great shape. I pulled a small tombac button off the surface and then got my own KGII... Finally got my copper for the day! We knew there was a site here. We picked up so many buttons just bunny hopping this little 20x40 foot area. Iron everywhere and in between it were little cuff buttons and tons of melted lead.
We just kept getting targets constantly. It was a freaking blast! Sam got a huge musket ball and we picked up several pipe stems and the nicer pieces of pottery. The sun was setting and we knew we didn't have a lot of time. I heard Sam call out "COPPER!!!!!" and showed me a CT... It was stunning!
I then walk right at the edge of the field and get a beautiful +79 on the MXT and dig another copper... That's 6 for the total of us. Sam got 4, a record day for him!!! It was one of the most gorgeous Draped Largies I've ever seen. This is the latest thing that came out from this site. Not ONE back marked button!!!
Sam also got a BEAUTIFUL and ULTRA RARE SILVER ca.1690 green Stuart crystal button this day (one of two that came from this site!!!)
Thanks for looking! We had a blast!!! HH!
Here's some other finds on different days from this site... I need an ID on the nipple pewter button age and the silver (gold plated) pendant age.
Barrel tap pieces
All my finds from the site (not including Sam's)
1776 KGIII counterfeit (MACHIN MILLS
) 9/64"+ pipe stem boar 1650s or earlierSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Take care and happy hunting everyone.
I retired that forum for now (because of some people on there) and you've always been there! HH and take care!!! 
